The CEO of Ripple affirms that BTC will never be the global currency.
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, was recently interviewed by CNBC, and stated that he does not believe that Bitcoin will become the global currency. He added that it...
"We want local cryptocurrency’s in New York" - Rom Kim
Rom Kim, a New York state legislator, recently proposed the A11018 project, which, if approved, will modify the law on the development of urban corporations of New York, and will launch 10...
The government of Vietnam has temporarily banned the import of cryptocurrency mining hardware.
As CWJ has reported before, many countries such as Venezuela have changed their import policies regarding cryptocurrency mining in recent months. Today, Vietnam was added...
The Venezuelan government recently banned the import of cryptocurrency mining equipment.
Venezuela has been highlighted by crypto-specialized media in recent months, kicked off by the announcement of the Petro, as a new national, petroleum based, “cryptocurrency” and the increasing...
In a recent statement, Indian Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, stated that India
does not have any plans to use the cryptocurrency created by the Venezuelan government called, "El Petro" for the oil trade between the two countries.
In order to...
A new venture with the aim of making a very large impact on society has been launched. AMREC (American Renewable Energy Corporation),
“a cutting edge renewable energy innovator”,
AMREC is focused on developing and implementing affordable, clean energy that’s not dependent...
In a recent statement, the Director of the Bank of England (BOE), Mark Carney,
announced his support for the creation of a cryptocurrency backed by the banking
entity.
This announcement was communicated during the RiksBank conference in Switzerland. Although this potential BOE...
United Kingdom authorities have opened a 24 investigation into cryptocurrency businesses over financial regulatory compliance issues.
As the local media outlet, CityWire, reported on May 25th, responding to a freedom of information request, UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
Blockchain networks must “talk to each other” to become the new internet, says MIT experts.
On May 24th the MIT Technology Review published an article by Mike Orcutt, their in-house, cryptocurrency and blockchain specialiist, where he explained...
The South Korean Government is planning to legalize Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) within the region.
The South Korean National Assembly has officially passed a proposal to allow domestic ICO's, after imposing a total ban on ICOs in September...
